Unit aim

Aims to explain the various roles of Indigenous Australian cultural expressions that have maintained Indigenous cultures in pre- and post-invasion Australian societies. The unit seeks to investigate the interaction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous expressions and to challenge dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation.

Unit content

Topic 1 Overview

Topic 2 Indigenous Australians and the media

Topic 3 Indigenous intellectual and cultural property rights

Topic 4 Orality: oral literature

Topic 5 Iconography: Visual literature

Topic 6 Ritual: dramatic literature

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

describe the ways that Indigenous cultures have been maintained through Indigenous literature in pre- and post-colonial times

Intellectual rigour

Creativity

Cultural competence

4

explain the ways that Indigenous people have been exploited given the impact of invasion

Intellectual rigour

Creativity

Cultural competence

5

assess the need for legislation that maintains intellectual and cultural property rights

Intellectual rigour

Creativity

Cultural competence

6

challenge dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation.

Intellectual rigour

Creativity

Cultural competence

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

define and explain Indigenous Classical and Neo-classical literature

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA2:
Creativity

GA7:
Cultural competence

explain the various roles of Indigenous cultural expression

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA2:
Creativity

GA7:
Cultural competence

describe the ways that Indigenous cultures have been maintained through Indigenous literature in pre- and post-colonial times

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA2:
Creativity

GA7:
Cultural competence

explain the ways that Indigenous people have been exploited given the impact of invasion

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA2:
Creativity

GA7:
Cultural competence

assess the need for legislation that maintains intellectual and cultural property rights

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA2:
Creativity

GA7:
Cultural competence

challenge dominant processes of Indigenous exploitation.

GA1:
Intellectual rigour

GA2:
Creativity

GA7:
Cultural competence

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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